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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl) J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168 Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32nd EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
The effect of social support to treatment adherence in psychiatric patients
Gulsen Kilinc1 and Rukuye Aylaz2
Inonu University, Turkey
Aim: This study was carried out descriptively in order to determine the effect of social support to treatment adherence in
psychiatric patients and to determine the factors influencing this situation.
Materials & Methods: All psychiatric patients being treated in the Elazığ Mental Health and Illness Hospital and Community
Mental Health Center were considered as the study population of the investigation. The sample size was determined by the
sampling formula known as the universe minimal sample size 324. Psychiatric patients who selected by non-probability random
sampling method from population was created simple size. Data of the study were obtained with the “Personal Information
Form”, “Morisky Adherence Scale” and “Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support”. Descriptive statistics, depended
and independent samples t-test, Kruskal-Wallis Variance, Mann-Whitney U Test, Analysis of Variance, Pearson Kolerasyon
were used in the evaluation of data.
Results: 52% of all patients were in the 25-49 age group, 57.4% were male, 42.9% were schizophrenia. Patients living with his
family, partner (wife/husband) and children were found more compliant to treatment according to living alone and patients
with high income were found more compliant to treatment according to having low income (p<0.05). Family support of
married patient, family, friend and special person supports of patients living with wife/husband and children, total scores of
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support of patients living in the province and district centers were found higher.
The patients whose income were less had less scores of family, friend, special and overall support (p<0.05).
Conclusion: As a result, when social support of patients increased, compliant to treatment was higher. It is suggested that
psychiatric nurses in psychiatry team should take empowering tasks between patients and their families or relatives.
Gulsen Kilinc et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061